DIE UK!

[RicLyon]

Damned bureaucratic sadistic country!!! Argh. Die bureaucracy. Worse than the EU! Richard LyonYansha Elaer Kyon gef ShanPernem kahn gef kuymal per varga stiPernem kahn gef varga per kuymal sti

[Zirandorthel]

...UK is in the EU.

[RicLyon]

Of course it's part of the EU, but its bureaucracy is worse than the EU requires. That makes me bitter.All these stupid middlemen everywhere. Richard LyonYansha Elaer Kyon gef ShanPernem kahn gef kuymal per varga stiPernem kahn gef varga per kuymal sti

[RicLyon]

I'm trying to buy a house! Richard LyonYansha Elaer Kyon gef ShanPernem kahn gef kuymal per varga stiPernem kahn gef varga per kuymal sti

[Osman Shahanshah]

Why the sudden mocking of my profession old chap?Edit: I would have tried to avoid the "what's wrong, Ric?" trap but bureaucracy is a gift of the gods and I will not suffer any man to think ill of it. Edited by: Osman Shahanshah  at: 7/29/05 9:32

[Osman Shahanshah]

Not just you one assumes? Otherwise if you have 100k to throw around perhaps send some charity my way, the drinks bill is frightfully expensive.

[Kaiser Alejian I]

Well, we know the solution to that, now dont we?

[Osman Shahanshah]

Indeed we do.... GIVE ME MONEY!!

[Kaiser Alejian I]

Haha! I need money myself right now. Hahha

[Gryphon Avocatio]

I wish I lived in a part of the world where houses were that cheap.The median price for a house in my area is $700,000. 3e knowe ek that in fourme of speche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand 3eer, and wordes tho / That hadden pris now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thenketh hem, and 3et thei spake hem so, / And spedde as wel in loue as men now do...

[Kaiser Alejian I]

700,000!?!?!Holy crap! For that much money, here in Charlotte you could buy 40 acres of land, build a literal three story house, and STILL have enough money to buy 20 more acres and buy a hot car!

[RicLyon]

Houses in the UK are expensive... they cost twice as much as houses in Sweden, and in Sweden you get good standard and bigger size and bigger land.An average four bedroom home in Sweden, fairly new built, would be around 1 400 000 crowns. That is sort of 100 000 pounds or 150 000 euro. Richard LyonYansha Elaer Kyon gef ShanPernem kahn gef kuymal per varga stiPernem kahn gef varga per kuymal sti

[Zirandorthel]

£100,000 is probably a deposit.House prices here are just depressing. I'm not living anywhere near an urban centre until my later years, that's for sure.. Wil Nider to the HyperboreansEoin to the restZirandorthel to the ages

[RicLyon]

Sweden will welcome you Richard LyonYansha Elaer Kyon gef ShanPernem kahn gef kuymal per varga stiPernem kahn gef varga per kuymal sti

[david northworthy beckfor]

Derby is cheeper...

[Bill3000]

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[Gryphon Avocatio]

Greg: 60 open acres in the SF bay area is like an elephant in a minivan. 3e knowe ek that in fourme of speche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand 3eer, and wordes tho / That hadden pris now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thenketh hem, and 3et thei spake hem so, / And spedde as wel in loue as men now do...

[Kaiser Alejian I]

Then move here. Here, 60 acres is like a drop in the bucket. They cant develope the land fast enough

[Hypatia Agnesi]

Aren't the only places where you can get 60 acres of relatively open land around here already pasture land, because you can't quite build houses on the slopes of the steeper hills? Even then, the land is outside the inner part of the Bay Area (ie, next to the bay itself). The other mostly open land is farm land in the flatter parts of the places that aren't yet fully developed, like near Gilroy, or the forested parts which are already about as developed as you can get without clear cutting.Again, though, with the fast development. *throws grenade for the hell of it*BO0O0O0O0/\/\!!!!!!

[Kaiser Alejian I]

Oh well. Move here.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Except you live in North Carolina. Sorry, the south is not my gig.Yeah, the only open land here is in the hills (steep and combustable during the summer), and right next to the bay (which is all landfill, actually, or wetlands that we should keep around). If there is any open land here, it's incredibly expensive. 3e knowe ek that in fourme of speche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand 3eer, and wordes tho / That hadden pris now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thenketh hem, and 3et thei spake hem so, / And spedde as wel in loue as men now do...

[Kaiser Alejian I]

interesting...

[Imperial Ras Charles]

If only I had the cash, I'd buy back Gramps' old ranch. 3000 acres in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Anyone have $2-$5 million lying around? It'll be fun. We'll grow alfalfa and run buffalo. Good hay and good meat :b

[AngelGuardian93]

In oklahoma? Goodness no you hillbilly! There are no flowers, no not this time. There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find.

[Imperial Ras Charles]

I'm not a hillbilly; I'm a redneck. Yes there is a difference

[AngelGuardian93]

Ah of course, how could I be so silly.Hillybilly: ignorant.Redneck: WILLINGLY ignorant. There are no flowers, no not this time. There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find.